A 72 year old man brought to the emergency department with onset of paraplegia following a trivial fall. He was treated for prostatic malignancy in the past. What is the single most probable diagnosis?
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The key is C. Secondary. [In male osteoporotic fracture is less common. As patient had prostatic malignancy pathological fracture from secondary metastasis to bone (here vertebra leading to paraplegia) is more common].
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